Railroad-track.



No. 842,967. PATENTED FEB. 5. 1907.

- W. MILEY.

RAILROAD TRACK.

APPLICATION FILED 00118, 1906-.

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IINIED STATES PATIENT ()FFIGE.

-WILLIAM MILEY, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO JAMESM. JONES, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

RAILROAD-TRACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 5, 1907.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM MILEY, a citirzen of the United States,residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of has forits object the provision of a device of this character constructed insuch manner as to allow for expansion and contraction of the rails andat the same time provide a smooth and unbroken road for the wheels ofthe train.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth-in thedetailed description which now follows.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of aportion of a track constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2is a sectional view,in side elevation, of the inner side of a portion oftwo half-sections of the rails; and Fig. 3 is a detail perspective viewof a modified form of the device.

Like numerals designate corresponding parts in all of the figures of thedrawings.

By referring to Fig. 1 it will be seen that these rails are made of twoparts 5 and 6, which are bolted together by bolts 7 and nuts 8. Thebase-flanges of the rails are indicated at 9. Beveled extensions 10,carried by the two sections of the rails, project into recesses 11 ofthe opposed portion of the rail. A joint between two of the parts 6 isillustrated at 12.

The tread portion 13 of the part 5 of the rail extends past this jointand provides an unbroken surface for the train-wheels to pass The samething is true of t 1e joints formed between the portions 5 of the rail,the tread portion 14 of the parts-6 of the rails extending past thesejoints in the same manner that the tread portions 13 of the part 5extend past the joint 12 of the part 6. It will be noted that the twobolts 7 upon each side of the joints project through in the samedirection. The remaining bolts alternate in the direction in which theypass through the two parts of the rails.

In the modified form of the device illustrated in Fig. 3 the rail isshown as consisting of two sections 16 and 17, having tread portions 18and 19 and base-flanges 20 and 21. The portions 16 and 17 are exactlyalike, each of said portions having tongues 22, which are adapted toenter cut-away portions 23 of the opposed half of the rail. Thesehalf-rails break joints with each other in the manner set forth in thedescription of Figs. 1 and 2.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that simple and efficientmeans are herein provided for accomplishing the objects of theinvention. In the preferred form of the device shown in Figs. 1 and 2the projections 10, which enter the recesses 11, provide eflicient meansfor preventing vertical movement of the two portions of the rails withrelation to each other. The proj ections 22 in the undercut portion 23in the form of the device shown in Fig. 3 serves a like purpose.Expansion and contraction of the rails is accommodated by providing thejoints 12, at which the ends of the two sections 6 are separated fromeach other. At

the same time the tread portion 13 provides an unbroken road-bed pastthis joint.

WVhile the elements shown and described are well adapted to serve thepurposes for' which they are designed, it is to be understood that theinvention is not limited to the precise construction set forth, butincludes within its purview such changes as may be made within the scopeof the appended claims. I

What I claim is 1. A rail for railroad-tracks comprising twolongitudinally-extending portions adapted to be secured together face toface, each of said portions having a base-flange and a treadweb, thetread-webs .of all of said portions lying flush with each other and thejoints between the opposed ends of the rail portions being staggeredwith relation to each other, each of said longitudinally-extendingportions having projections and recesses formed upon their inner facesalternately longitudinally thereof, the projections upon one of saidportions entering the recesses of the op posed portion. Y

dinally thereof for but a portion of the length j the projections beingconsiderably shorter of said sections, and a series of recesses than therecesses. 10 formed therein, said recesses being located In testimonywhereof I affix my signature between the ends of the projections, theproin presence of two Witnesses.

jections of one portion being staggered with WILLIAM MILEY. relation tothe projections of its opposed por- Witnesses:

tion, and the projections of one portion takl A. L. PHELPs,

ing into the recesses of the opposed portion, 4 L. CARL STOUGHTON.

